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Barnes v. Yahoo! Opinion on Remand a Caution to Web Site Operators: Don’t Let Employees Make Promises That They Can’t Keep
To the great frustration of plaintiffs and their attorneys, and even some judges, courts have construed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in such a way as to make…
Media Law Prof Blog
Barry George Wins Apology, Damages From News Group Newspapers
Barry George, released from prison in 2008 after being cleared in a retrial of the murder of BBC newscaster Jill Dando, has received legal fees and undisclosed payments as well…
Tilting the Scales
Defamation Primer
By Jamie Ribman
Johnny Tightlips, a local mobster, is facing time behind bars for various racketeering offenses. During the trial, the New York Daily Planet reported that Tightlips was a “key lieutenant” of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Baron Cohen, Letterman Sued
Palestinian businessman Ayman Abu Aita has sued actor Sacha Baron Cohen and talk show host David Letterman over clips in the movie "Bruno" and subsequent discussion of the film on…
Media Law Prof Blog
Union Leader Gets Apology, Damages From News of the World
The News of the World will pay damages and has apologized to Unite election official Derek Simpson over a false story it published alleging that he had used union money and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Collecting a Libel Tourism Judgment
Doug Rendleman, Washington and Lee University School lof Law, has published "Collecting a Libel Tourist’s Defamation Judgment?" forthcoming in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Here is the abstract. A libel plaintiff sued…
TortsProf Blog
Rio Olympic Committee Mulls Suit Over Robin Williams’s Comment
The Rio Olympic Committee's lawyers are considering action in a U.S. court over Robin Williams's comment to David Letterman on The Late Show regarding how Rio won the Olympic nod. …
Media Law Prof Blog
Georgia Author Loses Defamation By Fiction Case
Novelist Haywood Smith lost a defamation by fiction case in a Georgia court last week. The plaintiff, Vickie Stewart, claimed that one of the characters in the book The Red…
The Faculty Lounge
Defamatory Tweeting
I was asked for comment today about defamation and Twitter and, in particular, whether the laws of defamation should apply differently in this new medium. Over the last year or…
The Contingency
Stool Pigeon Can’t Sue for Libel, Second Circuit Holds
Last week, just before Thanksgiving, the Second Circuit shot a big turkey. The fowl in question -- a jailbird actually -- claimed that New York Daily News and The Polish Daily News defamed him. …